Jeannie Ferris (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The report read as follows

SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE

REPORT NO. 13 OF 2006

(1)

The committee met in private session on Tuesday, 7 November 2006 at 4.21 pm.

(2)

The committee resolved to recommend—That—

(a)

the provisions of the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 be referred immediately to the Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee for inquiry and report, but was unable to reach agreement on a reporting date (see appendices 1 and 2 for statements of reasons for referral); and

(b)

the provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006 and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006 be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 28 November 2006 (see appendix 3 for a statement of reasons for referral).

(3)

The committee resolved to recommend—That the following bills not be referred to committees:

• Australian Securities and Investments Commission Amendment (Audit Inspection) Bill 2006
• Customs Legislation Amendment (New Zealand Rules of Origin) Bill 2006
• Migration Legislation Amendment (Appropriate Review) Bill 2006
• Telecommunications Amendment (Integrated Public Number Database) Bill 2006.

The committee recommends accordingly.

(4)

The committee deferred consideration of the following bill to its next meeting:

• Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 6) Bill 2006.

(Jeannie Ferris)

Chair

8 November 2006

Appendix 1

Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill(s):

Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration

To examine the provisions of the bill in relation to:

• Consequences of the Commonwealth indemnity against damage to the land;
• Removes entitlement to procedural fairness;
• Fare to comply with site nomination rules;
• Interaction with the Land Rights Act and other relevant legislation

Possible submissions or evidence from:

David Noonan, Australian Conservation Foundation

Jim Green, Friends of the Earth, Victoria

Aboriginal Land Councils

The Environment Centre NT

Environmental Defenders Office NT

Medical Association for Prevention of War

Arid Lands Environment Centre

ARPANSA

ANSTO

Committee to which bill is referred:

Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee

Possible hearing date:

Possible reporting date(s): 31 January 2007

Appendix 2

Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill(s):

Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration

Statement of Reasons for Introduction and Passage in the 2006 Spring Sittings

Purpose of the bill

The bill amends the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act 2005 (CRWM Act) to:

• provide that failure to comply with the site nomination rules in section 3B does not affect the validity of the Minister’s approval under section 3C of a nomination;
• remove any entitlement to procedural fairness in relation to a nomination made under section 3A; and
• provide, should a nominated site ultimately be chosen for the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Facility (CRWMF), for the Commonwealth to return the nominated site to its original owners when it is no longer required.

The bill also amends the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 to:

• exclude the application of the Act to a site nomination under section 3A of the CRWM Act to ensure consistency with existing provisions of the Act relating to sections 3C and 7 of the CRWM Act.

Reasons for Urgency

The bill addresses concerns raised by the Northern Land Council (NLC) in relation to nominating a site under the CRWM Act. If not addressed, the NLC may be unwilling to nominate a site should a community within its jurisdiction wish to volunteer its land.

Any nominated site needs to be included in the current CRWMF site characterisation programme as soon as possible to ensure that such a site is given adequate consideration within the current CRWMF project schedule.

(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Education, Science and Training)

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Committee to which bill is referred:

Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee

Possible hearing date:

Possible reporting date(s): 30 November 2007

Appendix 3

Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill(s):

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006 and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration

Statement of Reasons for Introduction and Passage in the 2006 Spring Sittings

Purpose of the bills

This “first tranche” of legislation repeals and replaces much of the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 and better implements parts of the revised (June 2003) Forty Recommendations of the OECD-based Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) and several of FATF’s Special Recommendations on Terrorist Financing. The remainder of the FATF Recommendations (except for those implemented by other legislation) will be implemented via a future “second tranche” of legislation.

Reasons, for Urgency

Passage of the bills is required in the 2006 Spring sittings to implement outstanding international obligations (arising out of Australia’s membership of FATF) to upgrade anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing measures.

(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Justice and Customs)

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Committee to which bill is referred:

Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Possible hearing date:

Possible reporting date(s): 28 November 2006